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Business

Spot rates rose slightly in final week of the new year

Load posts on the spot truckload freight market declined 21 percent during the week ending Dec. 29, not an unusual figure when you compare a holiday-shortened workweek to a full one. But truck posts were down farther, 47 percent, and that tight capacity helped keep rates firm.

January 4, 2019

Business

Rates, volumes held steady into Christmas week

Meanwhile, demand indicators in national average van and flatbed load-to-truck ratios declined, while the reefer ratio increased, compared to the previous week, reflecting demand to move fresh produce and temperature-controlled goods ahead of the Christmas holiday.

December 28, 2018

Business

Reefer rates continue ticking up ahead of holiday

Demand for reefer and van capacity is building with the calendar year drawing to a close. In marked contrast to the previous week, the number of available loads jumped 6.7 percent overall, while the number of trucks fell 2.2 percent last week — rates could be expected to move up accordingly with such a demand boost.

November 21, 2018

Business

Spot reefer rates on bit of a rebound in the last week

Meanwhile, a “bubble” of van freight moved east from Los Angeles, where ports have seen an influx of Asian imports in recent weeks. A closer look at when to potential expect Columbus, Ohio, outbound demand metrics to favor owner-ops.

November 16, 2018

Business

Spot market in the last week: Load/truck ratios jump as rates fall back slightly

An influx of imports into West Coast ports helped push load-to-truck ratios higher on DAT load boards during the week ending Nov. 3. National average spot rates, however, continued to slide, if only slightly. Also: Close look at data from a market to watch: Atlanta.

November 7, 2018

Business

Illustrating how Hurricane Florence affected spot market demand

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, DAT Solutions illustrates inbound load-to-truck ratios for vans for the weeks of September 9 and 16, 2018.

October 1, 2018

Channel 19

‘Rock your rate’: Using spot market demand data to advantage

Boblett provides a platform on which members of his Rate Per Mile Masters Facebook group could ask specific questions and get the answers they are looking for.

September 26, 2018

Business

Readjusting spot market resumes downward seasonal trend most places, shifts in Florence-affected areas

Find out Hurricane Florence's impact on spot market rates and where van and reefer hauls are the best across the United States on Overdrive.

September 21, 2018

Business

July seasonal downward trend in spot market rates is dipping from peaks well above typical

Rates hit all-time highs early in July, but the seasonal decline has seen rates fall on 76 of the top 100 van lanes this past week. More info on Overdrive.

July 26, 2018

Business

With June’s record spot-rates end, a closer look at the demand picture regionally for vans, reefers

Reefer and flatbed spot market averages continued higher than the contract rate averages while contract rates caught up with spot van rates. More here!

July 5, 2018

Business

Spot market: Where it’s hot and not for dry vans, reefers, flatbeds

The latest in the last week: Capacity is slowly returning to the spot market judging by a generally growing number of truck posts on DAT load boards, the company says, but trucks are still showing as in short supply in many parts of the country. That’s kept rates high.

June 27, 2018

Business

Roadcheck rates, volumes for vans and reefers on the spot market

Spot rates continue positive trend for June with van rates soaring to their highest since April. See van and reefer hot markets from the DAT on Overdrive.

June 7, 2018